On Wed, 22 May 2013 14:19:43 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

I agree 100% with this part of your post:

They are failing from lack of parental committment to the educational
process. When sports and student "self esteem" are a schools top
priorities, the parents are inevitably to blame.

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You can add all the funding you want but without parental commitment
it will largely be wasted. We need some *serious* national leadership
on this issue. I had hoped that your president would do more but so
far I've been disappointed.